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Penn Hills SD

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
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👨‍🎓 2,953 students 📋 871 students with IEPs 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (412)793-7000
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If Penn Hills SD isn't giving your child the services they're legally owed, you have a clear, federally-protected path. Under IDEA these steps are the same everywhere — work them in order and put everything in writing.

Step 1

Request an IEP meeting — in writing

Email your child's case manager and the district's Director of Exceptional/Special Education. State the problem and the services you're requesting, and ask for a formal IEP-team meeting. Keep a copy of everything. District office: (412)793-7000.

Step 2

File a state complaint

If the district violated an IDEA rule in the last year, file a signed written complaint with your state's special-education dispute-resolution office (below). The state must investigate and issue a decision — usually within 60 days.

Step 3

Ask for mediation

Request free, voluntary mediation through the state — a neutral, trained mediator helps you and the district reach a written agreement. It's faster and less adversarial than a hearing.

Step 4

File for a due-process hearing

For serious disputes over identification, evaluation, placement, or FAPE, file for a due-process hearing — a formal legal proceeding. Consider getting an advocate or attorney first (see Protection & Advocacy below).

⚖️ Where to file & get free help in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Department of Education — Special-Education Dispute Resolution
File a state complaint (IDEA), request mediation, or a due-process hearing
· 🔗 visit site

File a written state complaint within 1 year of the violation, request free mediation, or file for a due-process hearing. Start here if the district is out of compliance.

Disability Rights Pennsylvania
Protection & Advocacy — free legal help for special-education & disability rights
☎️ 717-236-8110 · 🔗 visit site

Your state's federally-funded disability rights agency. Free information, advice, and sometimes legal representation for IEP and special-education disputes.

📚 Know-your-rights resources

Your legal footing: Under IDEA every eligible child is entitled to a free appropriate public education (FAPE) and an IEP built to their needs. Section 504/ADA also bar disability discrimination.

• Parent Training & Information Center (PTI): free coaching for your state — find your center »

• CADRE (national dispute-resolution center): cadreworks.org »

• U.S. Dept. of Education OSEP (administers IDEA) & Office for Civil Rights for 504/ADA complaints.

Tip: bring a written list of requests to every meeting, ask for the district's response in writing, and never sign an IEP you don't agree with — you can consent to parts and dispute the rest.

💪 Not just your child? Use strength in numbers.

If other Penn Hills SD families are hitting the same wall, it's a district problem — and numbers change the outcome. Send this page to your social-media contacts and Facebook parent groups, and ask other parents at drop-off and pickup: is this happening to you too? Gather the stories here so the pattern is documented. Once you can prove a bigger issue: wear matching-color shirts for solidarity, protest peacefully, pack school-board meetings, reach out to government officials, give interviews, and send press releases to the local newsrooms below to bring the media in.

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📣 Take action for Penn Hills SD

Systemic problems get fixed when they become public. Below is local press near this district and the officials responsible for Allegheny County.

📰 Local newsrooms

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KDKA-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
7 mi
· 🔗 site
WTAE-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
7 mi
· 🔗 site
WPXI (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
7 mi
· 🔗 site
WQED (PBS)
PBS — TV
7 mi
· 🔗 site
WPNT (CW)
CW affiliate — TV
7 mi
· 🔍 find “WPNT (CW)” online
WPGH-TV (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
7 mi
· 🔗 site
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Local newspaper
7 mi
· 🔍 find “Pittsburgh Tribune-Review” online
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Daily newspaper
10 mi
· 🔗 site
Butler Eagle
Local newspaper
27 mi
· 🔍 find “Butler Eagle” online
Beaver County Times
Local newspaper
31 mi
· 🔍 find “Beaver County Times” online
Observer-Reporter
Local newspaper
32 mi
· 🔍 find “Observer-Reporter” online
Indiana Gazette
Local newspaper
36 mi
· 🔍 find “Indiana Gazette” online
Weirton Daily Times
Local newspaper
40 mi
· 🔍 find “Weirton Daily Times” online
The Herald-Standard
Local newspaper
41 mi
· 🔍 find “The Herald-Standard” online
The Review
Local newspaper
42 mi
· 🔍 find “The Review” online
Herald-Star
Local newspaper
45 mi
· 🔍 find “Herald-Star” online
WJAC-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
49 mi
· 🔗 site
WWCP-TV (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
49 mi
· 🔗 site
The Tribune-Democrat
Local newspaper
49 mi
· 🔍 find “The Tribune-Democrat” online
The Daily American
Local newspaper
50 mi
· 🔍 find “The Daily American” online
WTRF-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
54 mi
· 🔗 site
Intelligencer
Local newspaper
54 mi
· 🔍 find “Intelligencer” online
Wheeling News-Register
Local newspaper
54 mi
· 🔍 find “Wheeling News-Register” online
Martins Ferry Times Leader
Local newspaper
55 mi
· 🔍 find “Martins Ferry Times Leader” online
The Dominion Post (Morgantown)
Daily newspaper
59 mi
· 🔗 site
WNPB-TV (PBS)
PBS — TV
59 mi
· 🔍 find “WNPB-TV (PBS)” online
Dominion Post
Local newspaper
59 mi
· 🔍 find “Dominion Post” online
WFMJ-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
61 mi
· 🔗 site
WKBN-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
61 mi
· 🔗 site
WYTV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
61 mi
· 🔗 site
The Vindicator
Local newspaper
61 mi
· 🔍 find “The Vindicator” online
Salem News
Local newspaper
62 mi
· 🔍 find “Salem News” online
Moundsville Daily Echo
Local newspaper
62 mi
· 🔍 find “Moundsville Daily Echo” online
Times West Virginian
Local newspaper
72 mi
· 🔍 find “Times West Virginian” online
Tribune Chronicle
Local newspaper
73 mi
· 🔍 find “Tribune Chronicle” online
WTAJ-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
74 mi
· 🔗 site
WATM-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
74 mi
· 🔗 site
Altoona Mirror
Local newspaper
74 mi
· 🔍 find “Altoona Mirror” online
The Alliance Review
Local newspaper
75 mi
· 🔍 find “The Alliance Review” online
Bedford Gazette
Local newspaper
76 mi
· 🔍 find “Bedford Gazette” online

🏛️ Officials for Allegheny County

Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro
Governor · PA
· 🔗 site
Pennsylvania Department of Education
State education agency — special-education oversight · PA
· 🔗 site
U.S. Dept. of Education — Office for Civil Rights
Disability discrimination complaints (504/ADA) · National
✉️ OCR@ed.gov · ☎️ 1-800-421-3481 · 🔗 site
U.S. Dept. of Education — OSEP
Federal special-education oversight (IDEA) · National
✉️ OSEP@ed.gov · ☎️ 1-800-872-5327 · 🔗 site